Door-holder



H. F. CORDES.

DOOR HOLDER. APPLlcMloN FILED Ana-13. 1920.

1 ,.3992467, Patented De@n 6, 1921..

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Specification of Letters Patent. Pgmnted UWE 6 1921 Application filed August t3, 1920. Serial No. 493,309.

To all 'whom it may concern.'

Be it known that l, HENRY Fonnns, a citizen olf the United States oi America, and a resident oi' lCincinnati, in the county oi Hamilton and State of Ubic, have invented a certain new and useful `improvement in Doorddlolders, oit which the following is a specilication.

rlhis invention relates to eXtensible-holders for doors that are adapted to lock sai-d doors closed or shut from the inside, or to maintain and brace them in rigid place or position when open at .the desired angle trom the openingin the building which it is designed to lill when closed, and the main object ot the invention is to provide each door with a pair of longitudinally sliding or telescopic bars, one of which bars has holes pierced at intervals apart therein and the other bar oi:l which has a latch-pin that is adapted to engage the respective holes in said lirst bar to set and securely hold the device in a locked condition when the door is fully closed or when at the angle that the door is intended to assume when halt-way open or beyond haltway open, or to assume any desired angle less than halt-way open position, tor purposes other than that of permitting vehicles to freely pass into andv Yfrom the building, especially tor automobile use.

The invention consists oi' the combination of longitudinallyextensible telescopic parts or bar-members, one member having a longitudinal series of holes therein and the other having a latch-pin pivotally-mounted thereon and adapted to respectively 'engage the said holes in the first-named member to suit the distance the door shall assume trom normally-closed position when extended into Iopen use, and the said telescopio members being each pivotallyinounted at their extreme opposite ends when assembl d in sliding relation for attachment to the building and to the door that is to be kept closed or to be angled or held in open position l'rom the door-way or opening toy the entrance and exit of an automobile or other vehicle that is housed in the building.

in the accompanying sheet oi drawings, which serve to illustrate my invention hereini Figure 1 is a perspective view ot the preferred form oit' device embodying my invention,fshowing it detached from using-place and in extended position to allow for angling and checking the door just beyondhalt-way open Fig. 2, a plan view, showing my device in position for holding or checking the door halt-way open, a fragmentot the door way o'l the building being in cross-section; Fig. 3, 'a view similar to Fig. 2, but of a modified :torni that has an auxiliary or cornpensating arm which is adapted to hold or check the door practically all the way open; Fig. l, a detail o1' the spring-latch pin for detachably locking or coupling the two members of the device in both closed and open positions of the door; Fig. 5, a transverse section of the pair of sliding or telescopic bars, taken on the dotted-line 5, 5, ot Fig. 2; and Fig. 6, a vertical section taken onlthe dotted-line 6a, 6, oi Fig. 2, showing the pair of telescopic bars and the coupling-bracketarm that is mounted on a sectional fragment ot the door.

6 indicates a bar having a longitudinal series of holes l pierced therein, at suitable `and strength, as well as the desired rigidity,

as hereinbeiore and hereinafter noted.

10 indicates each one of a pair of l..shape plates, with their horizontal portions in contact and their vertical portions pierced with holes 1l adapted to receive screws or the like 12 tor fastening them in position on the faceof the upright 13 of the door-trame in the entrance to a building wherein a vehicle is to be kept ready for use.

1li indicates each one of a pair of horizontal bars extending, duly spaced apart, from the pair of contacting horizontal portions of the bracket comprising the l..-sh`ape plates 1 0, and having vertical securing-bolts 15, the latter being adapted to engage holes 16, arranged in transverse pairs in the said horizontal portions of the said bracket, at three intervals apart to adapt the bars 14: to be set nearer the upright 13 or farther away from it to suit the thickness ot door (designated A), thus making the connection an adjustable one between the bars 14 and the braclnetbars 10.

The outer end of the perforated bar 6 is pivotally-connected to the outer spaced ends of the bracketwbars 14: by means ot a vertical Vloo-lt 17, a vertical stop-pin 18 being set upright in the upper face of the bar 6 near Said outer end to limit the extended, out- Ward, pivotal movement of the said bar 6 in the swinging open of the door.

The outer or tail end of the channeled bar 8 is fastened by means of a vertical rivet 19 Within a U-shape arm 2O extending ontwardly from ,vertical flanges or feet 21'that are secured to the inner face of the door by means of horizontal bolts or screws 22, as best seen in Fig. 6. It will be seen in said Fig. 6 that the innerV head of the rivet 19 ylies Hush with the inner face of the upper member of the U-shape arm 20 so that the free sliding of the bar 6 in the channeled bar 8 is not hindered; Y

Q3 indicates a vertical latch-pin mounted in a hook-shape holder 24 which is pivotally-hinged at'25 to the inner end of the channeled bar 8, as best seen in Fig. 1l, and havin@ an upright right-angled extension 26 made 1n its hinge-eyeportion for engagement 'with a s rino 27 Whose rear end is secured to the upper face of the channeled bar 8 by means of one or more rivets 28.

The latch-pin 23 is tapered at its lower portion for facilitating its engagement with the several holes 7 in the bar 6 and itseupper portion is ofuniform diameter so as to frictionally and closely iitwithin said openings or holes 7 when in using position, to rigidly or Ysecurely lock and hold the door when either open or closed. The spring 27 is intendedlto exert its pressure on the 'rightangled extension 26 of the latch-pin hinge to prevent accidental disengagement ot the latch-pin from within the hole 7 in which it may be lodged.

The upturned hook end of the latch-pin forms a handle by which to conveniently i and positively manipulate it, but the pin itself can be readily released from any oil the holes 7 by simply pressing upwardly with the thumb or hand o n its lower end which is extended to some extent somewhat below the bottom face oli the bar 6.

In operation, the device is used in duplicate in a double door-way, wherein 'folding f doors are employed to close a broad ,openingv adapted tothe entrance and eXit of a vehicle, such, more especially, in this inst-ance. as an automobile housed in a garage or like building. The duplication of the device is in the employment of one complete telescopic set of bars 6 and8 on each of the two doors, placed or mounted on the inner face thereof, a little above waist high for thebest results and greatest convenience;V When the doors :are shut or closed, the bar 6 is in complete closed condition vwithin the channeled b ar 8, the inner end of the latter ly# ing near Vthe outer ends of theVbracket-bars 14, with rthehool-eiid'of thelatch-pin 23 just within approaching contact with the said outer ends :of thebracket-bars 14:, and

with the latch-pin in engagement with the first hole 7 or the longitudinal series in the bar 6, thereby locking the door when in said shut or closed condition, assuming that there is another ordinary door-way or entrance for the usci'.

lVhen it is desired to open the door, the latch-pin is released from the said *iii-st hole 7 and the outward swinging oi said door causes the bar 6 to turn on its hingeconnection with the bracket-bars la until it reaches the angle seen in F ig. 2, whereby the door itselil is placed at a right-angle to the door-way, the channeled bar 8 in the meantime sliding along the bar 6 that swings with it, and both bars (5 and 8. together with the U-shape arm 20 and the bracket-bars 14 making a very powerful brace to check and prevent the door from swinging away from or losing its open position, and keeping the said door at the dcsired angle for the free entrance and exit, as hereinbe'lore stated, of the vehicle through the door-way.

lt will be observed that there is a sullicient number ol holes 7 in the bar to provide for anglingthe door at a distance somewhat beyond that shown in Fig. 2, as well as within the rightangled position to suit the purposes of the user, as hemay wish to leave the doors but partly open l'or ven tilation, or for light, or ior his easy entrance to and fro, when the passage does not need to be quite so wide as Lfor an automobile or other vehicle.

f To set the door at an angle somewhat beyond the right-angled one seen in Fig. L, especially when it is desired for any reason to have it all the way open, I provide an auxiliary iller or compensatingbar 2S), shown in Fig. 3, that lies between the inner end ol' the bar 6 and the outer ends of the pair ot bracket-bars lelthat project 'from the bracket proper 10. This liller-bar provides allowance that is required Ytor the outward swing'- ing of the pair o1 telescopic bars when in sliding-engagement with each other and` also, for the tail-end 30 of the bar G toward the inner face of the door. ln other words. the said filler-bar forms a compensatiim` delvice for the swinging backward of the door toward the building, beyond the right-angle or ninety (90) degree position seen in F ig. 2.

Stop-pins 18 and 31 are used on the bar 6 and the said iller-bar 29, respectively, to limit the movements'ot both of those bars in the hinging` thereof when arranging or setting the door at the desired angle, and, also, when closed.

Inl Fig. 3 it will be seen .(in dotted-lines) that the inner end 34 oli the bar (l is sloped or beveled, and that a pair of shouldered jaw-plates 35 extends from the squared outer end 36 (shown dotted) of the iillerbar 29. The inner beveled end 34 is pivotally-connected in the jaw-plates 35 by means of a bolt 37. ln operation, the door, when swung outwardly, (after the latch-pin has been released from bar 6), draws with it in a curved path the liller-bar 29 until the stop 31 abuts the edge of the bracket-bars 14: and said filler-bar 29 assumes a right-angle to said bracket-bars 14, the beveled end 3d of bar 6 then contacting with the square end 36 or said filler-bar, and then the further swinging of the door to full open position causes the said sloped end 341 to pass trom said square end 36 until the stop 18 on the bar 6 abuts the edge of the shouldered part 38 of the jaw-plates 35. In closing the door the sloped end 34C iirst contacts with the suuare end 36 and then the liller-bar 29 iollows, to duly hinge or pivot on the bolt 17 until in alinement with the bracket-bars 14.

rl`he series of holes need not extend the entire length or the bar 6, as there would be no angle beyond the last hole 7 seen in dotted-linesin Figs. 2 and 3, to which the door could reasonably be placed for any ordinary use, but l provide a few holes 32 at the tail-end 30 oi the bar 6 in llig. 3, as well as in the bar 6 oli VFig. 2, and adapt them to receive an ordinary pin, nail, or the like 33, convenient, when it is desired to quickly set the two bars 6 and 8 in lockingrelation by means of the latch-pin which can be readily inserted in the desired hole 7, es pecially in the dark, or in a i'aint light, or when in haste, and without tumbling about aimlessly, or at random, for the desired hole in the said bar 6, which would otherwise ensue under excitement, with the wind blowing or other undue pressure on the door, causing it to totter and shake on its hinges.

The pin 33 used in either of the tail-holes 32 in the bar 6 is shown in Figs. 2 and 3 as being in contact with the end ot the channeled bar 8 for action.

l claimt-n 1. A door-holder comprising a pair oi? telescopically-sliding` elongated bar-members, one bar-member being channeled and the other being plain the plain bar having a longitudinal series of holes or per'lorations pierced therein, a horizontal lorkedbracket extending outwardly from the upright side frame oi' the door-way and to the outer end olf which forked-bracket one end of the said pierced plain bar is pivotally connected, an upright pin extending from the upper :tace oit' the said plain bar near its pivotally-con nected end and adapted to form a stop in connection with. said forked-bracket to limit any further backward-movement of the said plain bar toward the door, a horizontal l.;- shape bracket-arni extending from the inner iface of the door and to which said channeled-bar is pivotally connected at its outer end and serves as atake-up or compensating pivotal-coupling between the channeled-bar and the inner face of the door, and a pointed latch-pin mounted on a handle-bar that is hinged to the inner end of the channeled-bar and adapted to engage the respective holes in the plain bar for holding the door in open -position at the desired angle from the door-way, or for otherwise locking the door when shut or entirely closed within said door-way, substantially as shown and described.

2. A door-holder comprising a pair of longitudinally-telescoping bars, one a chan neled-bar and the other a plain-bar, a series of holes pierced in said plainwbar, a horizontal orked bracketbar extending outwardly from and adj ustably-rnounted on the sidetrame of the door-way, a horizontal auxiliary link or liller-bar pivotally-connected at one end to the said forked bracket bar and having` pivotal-conneciion at its other end to the said plain-bar, an upright pin or stop provided on the said auxiliary link or ller-bar adjacent the outer end ol said bracket-arm, an upright pin or stop on the said plain-bar adjacent the outer end of said link, a horizontal forked or lil-shape bracket-firm extending from the inner face of the door and pivotally-connected to one end of the channel-bar, a vertical tapered or pointed latclnpin having a hookshape handle and pivotally-connected to the inner end of the channeled-bar, and having, also, an upright right-angled arm or rest the latter extending from its hinge-end, and a springarm connected at one end to the channeled-bar and adapted to elastically rest and press upon the said upright right-angled arm on the latch-pin handle, substantially as shown and described.

HENRY ll?. CURDES. 

